Shears.



Patented Mar. 27. I900. J. T.. scrmomz. sHEARs.

(Appficatipn filed Oct. 11, 1899.)

(No Model.)

W/ TNE SSE S //vv 'NTOH cams PEYERS cc, mmo-Ln'ua. WASHINGTON n c UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. SCHNORR, OF SANDUSKY, OHIO.

'SHEARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 646,238, dated March27, 1900.

Application filed October 11, 1899. Serial No. 738 267. (No model.)

To LLZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. SCHNORR, of Sandusky, in the county of Erieand State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shears,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide shears in which the bladeswill out true and with a pronounced shear or draw out and also toprevent the edges crossing each other and being thus worn away, whichends I attain byapeculiar manner of relatively mounting the blades, thusproducing shears which are both effective and durable.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of my invention, whilethe claim defines the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part ofthis specification, in which the figure is a plan view of the invention.

The shears are constructed in two sections A and 13, each comprising ablade a and a finger-loop b. The section A has a transverse projection0, formed with a nipper-blade d and carrying the pivot e, whereon ismounted a transverse arm or projection f of the section B, so that theshears may be thrown with the blades separated, as shown by full linesin the drawings, or closed, as indicated by the dotted lines. Thesection A has a slot g formed therein at the base of the arm 0 andcurved concentrically to the pivot e. A pin h is fastened to the sectionB and received in the slot g, so as to guide the movements of thesections and cause the blades a to move true together and avoid thecrossing and consequent destruction of the edges of the blades. The armor projection f has a nipper-blade i, which works with the nipper-bladecl. I thus provide shears formed by the blades a for cutting paper,cloth, and like substances, and nippers formed by the blades d andiforcutting wire and other metal. It will thus be seen that I provide a toolwhich may be put to all uses for which shears and nipper's are designed,and that by reason of the peculiar manner of mounting the blades and thecon sequent draw out performed less power is re quired to operate theshears, and the blades will not be crossed and thus destroyed or se=rionsly injured.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- Shears, having two sections each comprising a bladeand a handle, the blade and han dle of each section being essentially inalinement, an arm or projection extended laterally from each section andsituated at the bases of the blades, the arms being extended in the samedirection and the-sections being connect= ed by a pivot-pin at the endsof the arms, and a nipper-blade attached to the end of each arm, theblades working with each other as the sections are moved on the pivot.

JOHN T. SOHNORR.

' Witnesses:

O. B. WINTERS, MARGUERITE KEEDY.

